Ransomware attacks challenge healthcare IT

Cara Livernois | May 13, 2016 | Health Exec | Digital Transformation

While many security issues translate across multiple industries, there are cases where specific industries have unique challenges. What is serious to the automotive industry might not be as serious to the publishing field. There are few places where this is this more evident than the healthcare industry, which has seen ransomware attacks on the rise in recent months. In an environment where patient care is at stake and lives are at risk, responses must be quick when a network is held hostage.

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